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Intuitive integration: A proposal for course design (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Rintoul, J. (2017, November). Intuitive integration: A proposal for course design. Paper presented at public symposium hosted by UWE Visual Culture Research Group (VCRG): Re-thinking Thinking in art and design education - thoughts on/from/with practice, Arnolfini, Bristol, England

Critical and Contextual Studies, Critical Studies, Contextual Studies, Visual Culture, Theory, Research, Art History and Contextual & Historical Studies are some of the many terms in circulation for forms of ‘theory’ in art and design education. Notw... Read More about Intuitive integration: A proposal for course design.

The medium is the marketplace: Fictional-brand fandom and reverse product placement (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Solomons, G. (2017, November). The medium is the marketplace: Fictional-brand fandom and reverse product placement. Presented at 3rd International Conference on Semiotics and Visual Communication: Branded. The Semiotics of Branding in Culture and Context, Cyprus University of Technology, Lemesos, Cyprus

While product displacement, shop-dropping and murketing are all methods used to skewer or criticize our heavily branded world, fictional branding is often used in an effort to re-inforce the connection between the fan and the movie world created, dem... Read More about The medium is the marketplace: Fictional-brand fandom and reverse product placement.

Putting the player in the picture; biofeedback and embodied affect (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Palmer (nee Reiser), M., & Palmer, M. (2017, November). Putting the player in the picture; biofeedback and embodied affect. Paper presented at Sounding Out the Space, Dublin, Ireland

The problem faced by those developing games, whether for entertainment or educational purposes, is how to create engaging and inclusive forms of participation. Interaction is a two-way process and whilst there are many ways of feeding information abo... Read More about Putting the player in the picture; biofeedback and embodied affect.

Revisiting site-related sonic practices (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Palmer (nee Reiser), M. (2017, November). Revisiting site-related sonic practices. Paper presented at Sounding Out the Space, Dublin, Ireland

Aims of site-related sonic practices are often opposed to those within mainstream sound production. This paper argues that whilst largely living within places of constructed spatial/sonic homogeneity, site-related sonic practices are culturally impor... Read More about Revisiting site-related sonic practices.

Drawn Utopias: From language to experience (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Banou, S. (2017, November). Drawn Utopias: From language to experience. Paper presented at Drawing Millions of Plans, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture, Copenhagen

Goodbye to Language (Adieu au Langage, 2015), was the first film by Jean-Luc Godard to make use of 3D filming techniques. Its title suggests a conflict between the word and the image while it can also be considered to refer to the concept of langage... Read More about Drawn Utopias: From language to experience.

Lycra arm sleeve for the management of glenohumeral subluxation in people with stroke – A preliminary study (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Kumar, P., Greet, J., Rossall, F., Mills, M., Gibson, R., & Whales, R. (2017, October). Lycra arm sleeve for the management of glenohumeral subluxation in people with stroke – A preliminary study. Poster presented at British Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (BAPIO) Conference, 2022, Manchester

Introduction: Glenohumeral subluxation (GHS) is reported to occur in 81% of patients post stroke. The aims of the study were to assess the effectiveness of Lycra sleeves on GHS and explore patients’ perceptions regarding the practicality of applying... Read More about Lycra arm sleeve for the management of glenohumeral subluxation in people with stroke – A preliminary study.

Othering the elderly: Autoethnography as counteractive methodological strategy (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Franklin, A. (2017, October). Othering the elderly: Autoethnography as counteractive methodological strategy. Paper presented at Aging and Society, International Interdisciplinary Conference, Gdańsk, Poland

This paper will first establish that 'the elderly' are habitually othered in the texts that endeavour to describe 'them' and their 'needs'. It will then argue that an intersectional conceptualising of identity construction aids a researcher who is en... Read More about Othering the elderly: Autoethnography as counteractive methodological strategy.

Age-appropriate dress? (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Franklin, A. (2017, October). Age-appropriate dress?. Paper presented at Aging and Society, International Interdisciplinary Conference, Gdańsk, Poland

This paper aims to contribute to the developing body of literature spanning dress, fashion and sociological theory which is concerned with unpicking the way in which the category of ‘old age’ is enacted within a symbolic economy of difference. More s... Read More about Age-appropriate dress?.

Real-time simulation of large aircraft fuel systems (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Wright, S., & Grazebrook, A. (2017, October). Real-time simulation of large aircraft fuel systems. Paper presented at ESM 2017: 31st European Simulation and Modelling Conference, Lisbon, Portugal

This paper presents a method for the real-time simulation of the fluid-mechanical components of the fuel storage and transfer systems of large civil aircraft. The simulation includes modelling of fuel flow, fuel properties and related measurement sen... Read More about Real-time simulation of large aircraft fuel systems.

‘That boy needs therapy’: Constructions of psychotherapy in popular song lyrics (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Hadjiosif, M. (2017, October). ‘That boy needs therapy’: Constructions of psychotherapy in popular song lyrics. Paper presented at Annual Conference of the Association for the Psychoanalysis of Culture & Society, Rutgers University Continuing Education Conference Center, New Jersey

This paper discusses constructions of psychotherapy in the lyrics of popular songs and identifies relevant discourses that are invoked or crafted. Despite a plethora of academic and clinical descriptions of psychotherapy, less research attention has... Read More about ‘That boy needs therapy’: Constructions of psychotherapy in popular song lyrics.

Investigating the effects of lycra arm sleeve on Acromion-greater tuberosity distance, muscle activity and Scapula position in people with stroke (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Kumar, P., Macleod, L., Mohan, P., Wheeler, C., & Wai Tse, G. (2017, October). Investigating the effects of lycra arm sleeve on Acromion-greater tuberosity distance, muscle activity and Scapula position in people with stroke. Poster presented at British Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (BAPIO), October 2017, Manchester

Abstract Introduction Glenohumeral subluxation (GHS) is reported in up to 81% of patients with stroke. Our previous studies found that a Lycra sleeve can reduce acromion-greater tuberosity distance (used for assessment of GHS) in people with chronic... Read More about Investigating the effects of lycra arm sleeve on Acromion-greater tuberosity distance, muscle activity and Scapula position in people with stroke.

Workshop: Collaborating with communities in creating their own spaces with the city (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Sara, R., & Jones, M. (2017, October). Workshop: Collaborating with communities in creating their own spaces with the city. Presented at Workshop: Collaborating with Communities in Creating Their Own Spaces with the City, Bristol, England

Grass-roots activities can regenerate areas and empower communities to take ownership of their own shared spaces within the city. The panel explores the interplay between ‘top down’ and ‘ground up’ interventions and places in between. What would an e... Read More about Workshop: Collaborating with communities in creating their own spaces with the city.

The impact of the built environment on health: An evidence review (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Ige, J., Pilkington, P., Black, D., & Prestwood, E. (2017, October). The impact of the built environment on health: An evidence review. Presented at Healthy City Design International, London, England

As part of the Wellcome Trust-funded UPSTREAM project, a systematic review compiled evidence investigating the impact on health and wellbeing of five thematic areas of urban development design: transport, buildings, food, natural environment, and nei... Read More about The impact of the built environment on health: An evidence review.

Post-surgical cliff after bariatric surgery: Accounts of patients and their healthcare practitioners (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Jumbe, S., Meyrick, J., & Harcourt, D. (2017, October). Post-surgical cliff after bariatric surgery: Accounts of patients and their healthcare practitioners. Paper presented at Qualitative Health Research Conference 2017, Quebec, Canada

The superiority of bariatric surgery for improving medical outcomes in severely obese individuals when compared to other weight loss interventions remains undisputed. However, knowledge about the psychological impact of the procedure on people’s live... Read More about Post-surgical cliff after bariatric surgery: Accounts of patients and their healthcare practitioners.

Working the break point: Maintenance, repair and failure in art (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Dillon, T. (2017, October). Working the break point: Maintenance, repair and failure in art. Presented at Screen City Biennial, Stavanger, Norway

Aesthetics of Repair (Migratory Art) Invited Panel at Screen City Bienalle Migrating Stories, Stavanger 12-31 Oct, 2017 Stavanger, Norway From cultures to aesthetics of repair: departing from the notion of cultures of repair (Peter Weibel, Glo... Read More about Working the break point: Maintenance, repair and failure in art.

Leadership paradoxes: An exploratory study in the Singapore public service (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Bolden, R., Soon, S., & Fang Yan, W. (2017, October). Leadership paradoxes: An exploratory study in the Singapore public service. Paper presented at 19th ILA Global Conference, Brussels, Belgium

This paper presents empirical evidence on the nature, causes and coping strategies for ‘leadership paradoxes’ in Singapore public services. A framework is offered that illustrates the challenges of working across different role, space and time dimen... Read More about Leadership paradoxes: An exploratory study in the Singapore public service.

Mediating objects in leadership development (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Turner, A. F. (2017, October). Mediating objects in leadership development. Presented at Research presentation, UWE Bristol, England

The uses of objects in developing leadership - the work of Lev Vygotsky (1930s Philosopher)

Presenting and investigating the efficacy of an educational interactive mobile application for British Sign Language using hand gesture detection techniques (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Restituyo, C., Loizides, F., Yang, S., Weir, K., Worrallo, A., Hartley, T., …Loizou, M. (2017, October). Presenting and investigating the efficacy of an educational interactive mobile application for British Sign Language using hand gesture detection techniques. Paper presented at 15th World Conference on Mobile and Contextual Learning

In this paper we present the design and development of a mobile application that assists learners of British Sign Language. The application uses interaction; namely, image recognition of a participant's gestures to give feedback as to the correctness... Read More about Presenting and investigating the efficacy of an educational interactive mobile application for British Sign Language using hand gesture detection techniques.